Friday, 12 June 2015

When life throws you lemons ...!
... make lemonade!
I also think creating wirework pieces
can provide that same uplifting, positive
boost and I hope this simple little, DAISY CHAIN DESIGN
brings a little warm sunshine
into your hearts!

You can link your daisies into bracelet chains, necklaces,
earrings, attach to pendants, onto cards ... in fact, they are great
as decorative embellishments on ANYTHING and everything,
created in any rainbow colour wire that you wish!

STEP 1

Working directly from a spool of 0.8mm (20-gauge)wire, use your round nosed pliers to create the firstlooped petal, leaving an excess of about 2cm projecting.

STEP 2

Place your round nosed pliers about 1cm or so from thefirst petal and bring the wire around to form the secondloop ...

STEP 3

Continue looping the wire around, placing your round nosedpliers opposite the last petal you've created ... it's just like creating a line drawing doodle of a simple flower!

STEP 4

Depending on how large you've made the petals, stopat 5 or 6 loops.

STEP 5

Cut the wire from the spool, leaving a projecting tail ofaround 8cm. Use the short cut end to wrap around the centreof the flower, securing it together. Cut off any excess and neaten the end.

STEP 6

Create a spiral with the projecting wire, curling it in towardsthe centre of the flower.

STEP 7

Flatten the spiral down into the centre of thedaisy and spend a little time adjusting the petalsand flattening the overall unit. Repeat the process tocreate more daisies and don't worry if some are a bitmisshapen ... it all adds to the UNIQUE handmadeoriginal, one-off, exclusively bespoke effect!

You can wire them on to cuff bangles!

Create them as dingle dangle, daisy earrings!

And here's a personal jewellery favourite, created with
rose gold wire and semi-precious rose quartz beads made
into a chain bracelet: